Just a few days ago, Jeff Burton sang Kyle Busch’s praises, saying the young driver, while being aggressive, was respectful of the drivers around him.
After Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600, Burton wasn’t feeling so complimentary.
He confronted Busch on pit road, pointing his finger, yelling and cursing mildly.
So what happened?
“The last restart, Kyle (Busch) made it three-wide on the restart because the guys on the bottom didn’t have tires and he trying to make something happen, which I don’t have a problem with,” Burton said. “So he run into me and cuts my left-rear tire, then I have a problem with it. He’s real aggressive. That’s cool. But when he starts affecting me with his aggressiveness, I just will not put up with it. I’ve been around here long enough. I just will not tolerate it.”
Busch disagreed he did anything wrong and said he would welcome the opportunity to sit with Burton and watch a replay so he could find out just what he did wrong.
“He said I ran into him and I don’t know what I could have done to have made that work without touching,” Busch said. “His teammate, the 33 (Clint Bowyer) made me three-wide getting into (Turn) 1. I held it as tight as I could on the 33 trying to stay off the 31. I guess all that nice respect stuff that he talked about earlier this week is out the window.”
